You know I've got a chum, a smashing mate, he's got a dog with no legs, and he calls it a cigarette. It's true, yeah, because at nighttime he has to take it out for a drag.
- Norman Wisdom
Got, Cigarette, Yeah, Mate
But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get.
- Norman Wisdom
Lucky, Been, Very, Luckier
In fact, one was so booked out we went from March and were to go till November, but the pantomime was booked so they transferred the show to the Prince of Wales Theatre because it was so packed out, and it ran on from there.
- Norman Wisdom
Fact, November, Transferred, Ran
It was smashing working with Jerry Desmonde, he was a very nice chap.
- Norman Wisdom
Working, Very, Jerry, Chap
What I like doing most is making children laugh.
- Norman Wisdom
Doing, Making, Most, Laugh
I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.
- Norman Wisdom
Play, Piano, Horn, French
Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards.
- Norman Wisdom
Standards, Most, Certainly, Comedies
Of course I've done musicals here in London.
- Norman Wisdom
London, Here, Course, Musicals
My only phobia is untidiness. My hair has to be neatly kept; my shoes are always clean. Everything has to be in a straight line, in its place.
- Norman Wisdom
Always, Line, Straight Line, Phobia
At my age, the radiation will probably do me good.
- Norman Wisdom
Good, Me, Will, Radiation
Well if I was going to describe my audience, it's going to take longer than you'd ever expect, hundreds of years in fact, because there's many of them, all over the world.
- Norman Wisdom
Fact, Years, In Fact, Hundreds
I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.
- Norman Wisdom
Funny, Circumstances, Very, Parents
I can never tell a joke, I've always found it easier to just fall over.
- Norman Wisdom
Never, Always, Over, Joke
My father used to be away for months at a time, and he'd never leave any money for food, so my brother and I had to go out and nick it.
- Norman Wisdom
Father, Away, Months, Nick
I believe in physical comedy, because that reaches out most to people.
- Norman Wisdom
Most, Physical Comedy, I Believe In
I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night.
- Norman Wisdom
London, Born, I Was Born, Scotland
I have a folder where I keep all the articles the critics have written about me. It makes me feel good.
- Norman Wisdom
Feel, About, Makes, Articles
I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen.
- Norman Wisdom
Lucky, Army, Been, Fourteen
I do play drums when I'm on tour.
- Norman Wisdom
Play, Drums, Play Drums, Tour
As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
- Norman Wisdom
Memory, Happen, Other, Older
I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.
- Norman Wisdom
Childhood, Some, Mine, Consistency
It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.
- Norman Wisdom
Meet, Thrilling, Laurel, Hardy
Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main part of the theatre, and comedians earned a living by being funny. Now you have comedy in television instead. Comedians now have to be funny within a play.
- Norman Wisdom
Play, British, Part, Years Ago
I've got one idea I want to do for a film and you know I just enjoy myself doing bits and pieces.
- Norman Wisdom
Doing, Want, Idea, Bits And Pieces
I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.
- Norman Wisdom
Music, Taught, Learned, Band
My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.
- Norman Wisdom
Need, Very, Slightly, Childish
I owe everything to the army.
- Norman Wisdom
Army, Everything, Owe
I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that.
- Norman Wisdom
Want, Always, Still, Humour
There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.
- Norman Wisdom
Falling, Over, Which, Ordinary
Such is life and life is such and after all it isn't much. First a cradle. Then a hearse. It might have been better, but it could have been worse.
- Norman Wisdom
Been, Might, Could, Cradle
All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved.
- Norman Wisdom
Loved, Wanted, Ever, Boyhood
Don't get me wrong: I'm overjoyed with my career to date. But perhaps I could have done more. Mostly, I just did whatever the directors told me to do.
- Norman Wisdom
Career, Date, Mostly, Directors
I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh.
- Norman Wisdom
Reason, Nothing, Made, Communism
I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.
- Norman Wisdom
Audience, Entertain, Crowd
I must admit I like to muck around a bit; I always have.
- Norman Wisdom
Always, Like, Must, Admit
I've done seven shows at the Palladium - long running shows I'm talking about.
- Norman Wisdom
Running, Shows, About, Talking
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